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and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were huge emitters of methane gas. and which really are goldmines if you think about it. all those urban landfills you have recyclable glass and plastic and metal and all the rest the organic material can be turned into fertilizer and the rest can be turned into electricity. so, we are trying to do the same thing. we have doubled, tripled and sometimes even quadrupled income of african farmers in rwanda by lowering the cost of fertilizer and seed and working on a distribution network and saving them half their income by taking their pr
and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were...
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even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a forever supply of water. mesa will require the rights to sell between 200 to 320 acre-feet of water per year which is enough to supply 1 million to 1.5 million texans. the panhandle counties roberts, and ogletree that would take part in such a deal set over 81 million of the water. as pickens sees it, water is like any other resource. it's a commodity just like a wheel that should be prospect and sold for profit. i don't think you should cut people off from the water. everyone deserves a bite of the apple. it will provide us with a secure drought source for the future. in the summer of 2009
even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a...
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my father was a big supporter. nice to meet you. >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you. >> when i am stuck in traffic you are wonderful you are a delight. this is for my father. >> this is the perfect gift. >> sino. [laughter] >> nice to meet you. >> that is nice of you. >> had bought the book online. nice to meet you. [inaudible conversations]
my father was a big supporter. nice to meet you. >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you. >> when i am stuck in traffic you are wonderful you are a delight. this is for my father. >> this is the perfect gift. >> sino. [laughter] >> nice to meet you. >> that is nice of you. >> had bought the book online. nice to meet you. [inaudible conversations]
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it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues. that's not just democrats. that's the majority of republicans. you have a whole slew of republican officials from previous administrations, you've got a bipartisan commission that has said that we need revenues. so this is not just a democratic understanding. that is an understanding that i think the american people hold that we should not be asking sacrifices from middle class folks who are working hard
it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of...
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and one night they put a great big screen up out there. and there's no electricity, but they get a way to get some electricity out there. and they've got a projector. and they project up on the screen, a news special on panning for gold in california. and the idea is, guys will see it up on the screen, and they'll all head for california and get out of, get out of the hair of the people in washington. but there's no trouble, everything is going pretty well. and low and behold, they do get enough votes to get this bill out of committee. and it does go onto the house floor. and it passes the house. vote is for getting them the bonus. hoover has said, president hoover has said he will veto it. but it has passed the house. these guys pulled off a miracle in their lobbying. and now the next question is, what's going to happen with the senate. finally it goes to the senate, and on june 16, they started pulling here in may. but june 16, it goes to the senate. and they know it's going to be a tight vote. there are upwards of 10,000 men, women, chi
and one night they put a great big screen up out there. and there's no electricity, but they get a way to get some electricity out there. and they've got a projector. and they project up on the screen, a news special on panning for gold in california. and the idea is, guys will see it up on the screen, and they'll all head for california and get out of, get out of the hair of the people in washington. but there's no trouble, everything is going pretty well. and low and behold, they do get...
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we are one big team and execute one big team and look down at the earth that's one big planet. the more people we get up here to see that perspective the better off we will be. >> i'm with cade tv channel to you this, if oxalate. my question is for wrecks. tommy what do you have to tell people, how do you inspire them to look to the future, how do they get in space? >> number one, work harder especially math and science and number two, have persistence because as hard as he worked it's going to take persistence. as a kid is getting in my backyard looking at the airplane circling around to go in san francisco and while i hope i get a chance to fly one day. to be here with my crew mates flying over the years that 200 miles of but 17,500 miles per hour it's really a dream come true. and the simple things like floating and flying in zero gravity is amazing. everybody dreams about the dreams you can fly and here to can actually do it. it's amazing in your dreams really can come true. >> atlantis this is houston. that concludes questions from the ames research center. please stand by
we are one big team and execute one big team and look down at the earth that's one big planet. the more people we get up here to see that perspective the better off we will be. >> i'm with cade tv channel to you this, if oxalate. my question is for wrecks. tommy what do you have to tell people, how do you inspire them to look to the future, how do they get in space? >> number one, work harder especially math and science and number two, have persistence because as hard as he worked...
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i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his optimism. and i thought this was insightful given the fact that hemingway did commit suicide. i'll wait for your response. thank you. >> thanks very much. susan beegel is editor i should tell you. she teaches but she's also the editor of the hemingway review, which is published out at the university of idaho. she spent a lot of time with ernest hemingway's writing have you heard of a man's credo. >> i'm not familiar with it and i don't believe he wrote anything specifically titled to that. i would guess it might be a work where an editor had perhaps picked up quotations from hemingway and made a man's cr
i've been anxiously awaiting for this particular program because i'm a big fan of ernest hemingway. several years ago, back in the '60s, a friend from the university of indiana sent me a copy of what was called "a man's credo" by ernest hemingway. i've never seen it published or heard about it from any source that i accessed and i was wondering if any viewer or your guests might have come across this. one of the quotes from the credo states, a long life oftentimes keeps man from his...
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i am sure we will make that a big part of our discussion. but, there are two ways to measure how redistricting affects the sure in the house. you can look at it in terms of the scorecard that i just went over. if you add up all of those columns, which seat is going to end up ahead at the end of the day? i think it will be very close to a wash depending on florida. i think possible democrats could pick up a handful from the process which is surprising given republicans earn so many state legislative chambers and picked up so much control in 2010. but then, the other side of the equation is really how much can republican shore up the gains that have been made in 2010? and that is a part of the equation that has been more difficult for a lot of us in the pundit world to call a -- quantify. but one measurement that was kind of suggested at real clear politics.com and i appreciate this more than a lot of other metrics that have been thrown out there is how far to the right does it move as a result of republicans in pennsylvania and ohio and michi
i am sure we will make that a big part of our discussion. but, there are two ways to measure how redistricting affects the sure in the house. you can look at it in terms of the scorecard that i just went over. if you add up all of those columns, which seat is going to end up ahead at the end of the day? i think it will be very close to a wash depending on florida. i think possible democrats could pick up a handful from the process which is surprising given republicans earn so many state...
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people figure out finally bit the big spending problem is a big problem in the united states and are starting to realize comes from the award for weight and the welfare state. and the big spending has consequences. we see it in terms of violations of financial privacy and in terms a voracious government that can't bear enough. we see it ironically enough from the government are going from the very regime of many people in my generation and the vietnam war, a word that is still sacred to the government conservatives. there seemed to be nothing wrong, nothing tomorrow, the brutal communist regimes in history. hiroshima killed u.s. soldiers and borrowing the money to fund their imperialist adventures in the warfare state. now if you think you're exempt from these problems, think again because when they need their money, they look at it. when that crisis comes like franklin roosevelt, and other government advocates it, make it a felony offense to on the goal at this conference. they even nationalize the iras because those are nice, juicy targets and that's at the argentine government doe
people figure out finally bit the big spending problem is a big problem in the united states and are starting to realize comes from the award for weight and the welfare state. and the big spending has consequences. we see it in terms of violations of financial privacy and in terms a voracious government that can't bear enough. we see it ironically enough from the government are going from the very regime of many people in my generation and the vietnam war, a word that is still sacred to the...
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>> welcome it was definitely a big first. there was a lot of unique features and really we hadn't seen shopping centers built on a grand scale with so much attention to detail and religious kinds of imposing architecture. it was very important to the northwest suburbs it was a condition of the fact that this area was a boom town, just growing rapidly in one of the more important areas of chicago at that time, kind of the case i make in the book is it represented a lot of first soon shopping center building and what we would know as malls today and it's important to be a case study to sort of talk about all shopping centers and all malls and how they've developed the best analogy i used reimbursed in the floodgate. >> predictor referred to as the father of the shopping mall. what features or design elements were considered unique at the time of its construction? >> well, victor was just an amazing story, and there is a wonderful biography about him where i obtain most of my information. he was a holocaust refugee who came from
>> welcome it was definitely a big first. there was a lot of unique features and really we hadn't seen shopping centers built on a grand scale with so much attention to detail and religious kinds of imposing architecture. it was very important to the northwest suburbs it was a condition of the fact that this area was a boom town, just growing rapidly in one of the more important areas of chicago at that time, kind of the case i make in the book is it represented a lot of first soon...
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we could close all sorts of tax loopholes on corporate jets to big oil companies. that's a variety of ways that we could recapture the revenue that was essentially given away during the bush years, so there are ways to reduce the deficit. there absolutely are. i think that we will do that. we'll do it over time. my concern though is attaching two issues that should not be connecting as a way of pushing through areas of public policy that you can't get through under ordinary circumstances. >> host: a recent caller mentioned the penny solution, and we have that -- it's ruth cook who was on awhile ago. it's the one cent solution, onecentsolution.org. his proposal has been turned into legislation sponsored by republicans. >> guest: oh, good, i'd be interested to look at the website and the legislation. >> host: go to the c-span archives if you want to find out more about that. georgia caller, pete, where are you calling from? >> caller: hi, wasees, georgia. >> host: good morning. >> caller: you won't like what i have to say. >> guest: that's quite all right. fire away.
we could close all sorts of tax loopholes on corporate jets to big oil companies. that's a variety of ways that we could recapture the revenue that was essentially given away during the bush years, so there are ways to reduce the deficit. there absolutely are. i think that we will do that. we'll do it over time. my concern though is attaching two issues that should not be connecting as a way of pushing through areas of public policy that you can't get through under ordinary circumstances....
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but the family values play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you can trot out the relationships that occurred and what the family meant in this story. with the three sets of brothers. and that added to the mix. >> guest: when you are on the frontier, when you were trying to run a business or a ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitor. it was hard to know who you could trust, who would not be true you, that is why family was so important and critical. the clerk brothers were not loyal to each other and dedicated and insults on one was the attack on others but that is also true of the clintons and mclaury. you trusted your family and you defended your family. sometimes you may be too prone to defend them but leeza of the relationships that were important out there. in a place where you are struggling to create yourself in the great words of fred know when, his story and where men could still dream of 50 coming in part of that dream is to have your family there with you. right or wrong to be at your side a
but the family values play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you can trot out the relationships that occurred and what the family meant in this story. with the three sets of brothers. and that added to the mix. >> guest: when you are on the frontier, when you were trying to run a business or a ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitor. it was hard to know who you could trust, who would not be true you, that is why family was so important and critical. the...
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>> yes, sir. >> so when you are trying to do the big hit, the big six, getting the big guys why is the testimony shows us only three times where there were any kind of inspections planned and i don't want to get into sources either but only three times we have been told that they try to do any detection and one of the gps tracking was a radioshack making -- why in the world was the quality and the quantity of agents and times, video cameras planted with internet connections etc., why is it there wasn't a tracking to track the weapons? >> we had trackers on vehicles. we have it trackers on -- it goes back to resources. we have agents that are out there working 16, 18 and 20 hour days. >> unfortunately you just made my case and time is expired. 18 hours of an agent's time is so much more money than one of these tracking devices if you are penny-wise and pound who wish by not having the device. with that we go to the gentlelady from the district of columbia for her five minutes. >> what would have would have been the next step? >> well maam, it depends on how long the firearms state in th
>> yes, sir. >> so when you are trying to do the big hit, the big six, getting the big guys why is the testimony shows us only three times where there were any kind of inspections planned and i don't want to get into sources either but only three times we have been told that they try to do any detection and one of the gps tracking was a radioshack making -- why in the world was the quality and the quantity of agents and times, video cameras planted with internet connections etc.,...
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of big fan. >> where are you from? >> from maryland a originally. [talking over each other] >> growing tea party movement. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> pleasure meeting you. >> nice to meet you. >> i have a growing family from maryland. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. >> i am patrick from oregon. >> what you doing in washington? >> my wife's graduation ceremony. [inaudible conversations] >> is this for you? >> yes. >> glad you are in town. >> students are graduating tomorrow. [inaudible conversations] >> hello. >> the heritage foundation. [inaudible conversations] >> for roger and sarah. where are you from? >> middleburg. >> how long? >> 2-1/2 years. >> what are we doing in libya? [inaudible conversations] >> hello. pleasure to meet you. you look familiar. >> you were debating chris matthews. >> oh yes! >> this is from my dad. asked me to make sure i have this for you. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you for all you do. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> last person at the democratic hearings
of big fan. >> where are you from? >> from maryland a originally. [talking over each other] >> growing tea party movement. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> pleasure meeting you. >> nice to meet you. >> i have a growing family from maryland. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. >> i am patrick from oregon. >> what you doing in washington? >> my wife's graduation ceremony. [inaudible conversations] >> is this for...
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that was no big deal. >> just a question about the rtos waiver. would you have done this if the shuttle was going to fly another mission? the reason i ask being that it was always my understanding that one of the concerns was that if he flew through precipitation that it would damage the tiles. i am just wondering, regis making the calculation that hey we are not flying it again and it doesn't matter or have i completely misunderstood? >> actually that last mission type thing was not part of the consideration today but you are right. it will damage the tile. the rule is not written so you damage tile and it is a turnaround maintenance issue. damaging the tie literally sticking energy out of your profile. remember the shuttles coming in as a glider without engines. every last bit of energy is managed to make sure you make the runway. we knew with a profile of the wind we had the headwinds in the crosswinds and the brake energy we would see that we weren't going to have any energy problem so losing a little bit of energy by flanker rainstorm would b
that was no big deal. >> just a question about the rtos waiver. would you have done this if the shuttle was going to fly another mission? the reason i ask being that it was always my understanding that one of the concerns was that if he flew through precipitation that it would damage the tiles. i am just wondering, regis making the calculation that hey we are not flying it again and it doesn't matter or have i completely misunderstood? >> actually that last mission type thing was...
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i believe that only happened because it became a big controversial issue. so many people were thinking about it, they had to clarify their own values and, by golly, they came out to the polls. i'm saying this to you because i think arizona politic could use a little more of that kind of attention right now. [applause] some say the chaos. when things are chaotic, it always feels like you just want to pull in and go hide. but the thing truth is when -- the truth is when things are in chaos, that's when you can make the change you want to make. a good example is when the financial meltdown began. what if lehman brothers had been lehman brothers and sisters? [laughter] yeah, suddenly we can see thing differently, and we can see there may be alternative solutions. wear the shirt. this became a metaphor for me when i was here with planned parenthood in arizona, and we had a very small clinic in casa grande. i was visiting with the staff there one day, and one of the young women said to me -- she had on her planned parenthood shirt that the staff all wore in the h
i believe that only happened because it became a big controversial issue. so many people were thinking about it, they had to clarify their own values and, by golly, they came out to the polls. i'm saying this to you because i think arizona politic could use a little more of that kind of attention right now. [applause] some say the chaos. when things are chaotic, it always feels like you just want to pull in and go hide. but the thing truth is when -- the truth is when things are in chaos,...
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i hope they think big. i hope they swing for the fences and get a result and bring it back to us and let us consider it and hopefully -- hopefully enact it and get on to other things. we -- the debt is a major long-term problem, not just for our grandchildren but for us today. we have a bigger issue facing us, and that is the fact that we have had persistent unemployment in an economy that's not growing, and that's hurting too many people. so the sooner we swing for the fences and get a result and get our debt under control and deal with it in a bipartisan way, the better for the country and the quicker we will be able to get on to the larger question of jobs. of course, economists have made it clear to us that getting the debt under control has a lot to do with jobs, that when our total debt is as high as it is today, nearly 100% of our gross domestic product, that that probably costs us a million jobs a year. we can't solve all that in one day or one month, but we can take a big step in the right directio
i hope they think big. i hope they swing for the fences and get a result and bring it back to us and let us consider it and hopefully -- hopefully enact it and get on to other things. we -- the debt is a major long-term problem, not just for our grandchildren but for us today. we have a bigger issue facing us, and that is the fact that we have had persistent unemployment in an economy that's not growing, and that's hurting too many people. so the sooner we swing for the fences and get a result...
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you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's going to take about another three years. and, therefore, it is sad that all of that finest launch team in the world at the kennedy space center, a good part of them are having to be laid off. and that will -- that employment will ramp up over the next several years as we build and launch those kind of rockets. now, there's another set of human rated rockets. i'm just talking about the manned space program now. i'm not talking about the unmanned. look what we're getting ready. this year we're going to jupit jupiter. later on, we are getti
you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's...
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family values play a big role in relationships play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you could sort of draw out some of their relationships that occurred, what the family manse in this story. people sometimes forget that the gun fight actually involve three sets of brothers. and what that added to the makes >> when you add on the frontier into prospecting, trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitive. hard to know who you could trust to would not betray you, and for that reason family was so important. it was so critical. the herb brothers were desperately loyalties other. they loved each other. an insult to one was an attack on all of them. that is also true of the clintons and the mclaury. you tested your family. you defended your family. sometimes you might be a little too prone to defend them. but these are the kinds of relationships that or importance out there in a place where you are struggling to create yourself, in the great words of fred , that fine historian. the frontier of the west was
family values play a big role in relationships play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you could sort of draw out some of their relationships that occurred, what the family manse in this story. people sometimes forget that the gun fight actually involve three sets of brothers. and what that added to the makes >> when you add on the frontier into prospecting, trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitive. hard to know who you could...
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but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to federal debt reduction. they passed the motion to limit the debate, 74-22. after the vote, senate democratic leader harry reid announced no more votes in the senate. arizona republican said the senate gave up a week long 4th of july recess to work on debt ceiling and isn't accomplishing anything. we begin with kay hutchinson who opposes any tax relief. >> senate hutchinson, i was wondering the view that we've been terribly over worked this week. i understand that we canceled our 4th of july recess in order to get back here and get to work and do the people's bus
but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to...
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what better than from an editor from a big title? so you're going to have to involve yourselves at the top of the media world, otherwise you will not survive. it's been proven you won't survive because you have to be able to play the game and you have to be able to deal in information which means that, that is not about giving information. it's about making sure that you are providing the information which is keeping the media satisfied. >> maybe so but you're also the head of the most press he tige just police force in this country and you have somebody who is working for you who works for an organization or worked for an organization which under investigation, surely you must smell a rat there? there is something wrong. all these people who resigned, none of them did anything wrong. rebeckah brooks didn't do anything wrong. andy colson didn't do anything wrong. why are they all gone? >> if we wait until the investigation is done we might know the answer to that the bottom of this for me, the when ever the police actually do take ac
what better than from an editor from a big title? so you're going to have to involve yourselves at the top of the media world, otherwise you will not survive. it's been proven you won't survive because you have to be able to play the game and you have to be able to deal in information which means that, that is not about giving information. it's about making sure that you are providing the information which is keeping the media satisfied. >> maybe so but you're also the head of the most...
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big business leads, small business follows, and the government assists. the president's goal to double exports is a rallying cry. this unifies people, and you know what? i know we can succeed. next we need to build a coalition around important industries like energy. we're the only country in the world that lacks any kind of broad energy theme. every other country in the world is creating jobs around clean energy investment from germany to china. the edison electric institute, the trade association of the industry, says there's millions of jobs available with some policy clarity around grid development or energy standards. all of these, all of these can be privately financed. similarly, the u.s. has a chance to be the natural gas leader for the next century, yet we have no plan to drive this leadership. and instead of leadership, each group is battling for turf, or worse, trying to block new investment. business has got to speak with a louder and consistent voice about the need for common sense ideas that support growth and competitiveness. fourth, leader
big business leads, small business follows, and the government assists. the president's goal to double exports is a rallying cry. this unifies people, and you know what? i know we can succeed. next we need to build a coalition around important industries like energy. we're the only country in the world that lacks any kind of broad energy theme. every other country in the world is creating jobs around clean energy investment from germany to china. the edison electric institute, the trade...
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[laughter] [cheering and applause] >> i hope some >> stephen: you're big in asia, right? the asian, and i believe that's the correct term, i don't know what the p.c. term is now, asians, chinese are just gobbling up this book. is the book the same for asians or are there different questions of what is just or unjust in those societies? >> well, the book is the same except that it's in chinese there, but the issue... >> stephen: that's good marketing. [laughter] >> but i've been astonished by the reaction in east asia generally new york china and japan and korea. i think it's because there is a great hunger for engagement with big ethical questions, questions of political philosophy. >> stephen: let's talk about these ethical questions. you pose very hard ethical questions to your students, questions like cannibalism. how do you pose that question? >> well, if you were stuck in a lifeboat, and this is a true story, stuck in a lifeboat, four sailors, they're starving, days and days pass and the cabin boy is at the bottom of the lifeboat ill. the only way they feel they can
[laughter] [cheering and applause] >> i hope some >> stephen: you're big in asia, right? the asian, and i believe that's the correct term, i don't know what the p.c. term is now, asians, chinese are just gobbling up this book. is the book the same for asians or are there different questions of what is just or unjust in those societies? >> well, the book is the same except that it's in chinese there, but the issue... >> stephen: that's good marketing. [laughter] >>...
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to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment and a stag staggering debt burden." and that's the problem, mr. president. a staggering debt burden that requires us to increase our debt ceiling and republicans are saying, in order to stop this cycle of more promises and more spending, we've got to apply some accountability, some common sense and good judgment, and that means, first and foremost, stop the spending. i would note, as i said before, that under president obama, annual spending has gone up by $1.2 trillion each of the years. the deficit by peds 1.4 trillion. and i ask again, do you notice
to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic...
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so that was a big, that was a big loss. my own personal loss, i was very involved in space transportation policy making at the time, and we were passionate about the x33 program, single stage to orbit. and i learned a very important lesson which is policy never trumps physics. [laughter] so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, it won't happen. and we wanted to will single stage to orbit, into existence. and we had a beautiful, lockheed came up with a beautiful concept, and it looked like the future. and we just didn't have the technology. we did not have the technology. and, ultimately, we did not have the will either. i think that i wouldn't say that national security space was a loss under our, under the administration. i think a lot of great programs were developed that we can't, i can't really take credit for any of that is what i'm saying. there were a lot of good people working, and we weren't really deeply involved in that. so i think with that i'll wrap it up. but, again, i think this is a fascinat
so that was a big, that was a big loss. my own personal loss, i was very involved in space transportation policy making at the time, and we were passionate about the x33 program, single stage to orbit. and i learned a very important lesson which is policy never trumps physics. [laughter] so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, it won't happen. and we wanted to will single stage to orbit, into existence. and we had a beautiful, lockheed came up with a beautiful concept, and it...
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again the result of gun violence, those of us who go to the funerals and listened to the agents' who big to make sure that we help them because they are fighting weapons of war, and that is what we are concerned about. the agent came and said some of them said it today. so i yield backend i want to thank the chair. >> i want to add i think that we both agree on both sides of the aisle that mistakes were made in the handling of the operation fast and furious and we are legitimately trying to get answers and look at this. but the larger issue that i feel is in danger of possibly being overlooked is the flow of illegal weapons. we are not talking about regular guns. in the testimony from the agents, they call them military-style weapons. they were ak-47s, very special devotee rifles. so these are not normal guns, these are military guns, and this is a even larger issue the fast and furious is to stop the flow of illegal guns and i believe on both sides of the ogle we can agree that illegal guns going into america or mexico is something we need to address and stop as quickly as possible. >>
again the result of gun violence, those of us who go to the funerals and listened to the agents' who big to make sure that we help them because they are fighting weapons of war, and that is what we are concerned about. the agent came and said some of them said it today. so i yield backend i want to thank the chair. >> i want to add i think that we both agree on both sides of the aisle that mistakes were made in the handling of the operation fast and furious and we are legitimately trying...
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it's a big organization. most cities, major cities have hundreds of millions of dollars, sometimes billions of dollars in budge. lots of different departments. our city has 34 departments, so you're doing everything from police and fire and parks and water and be sewer and sanitation and lots of other things. traffic and lots of other things. the, but so you have to deal with all those issues when you are running the business of the city. so how do you deal with that? my first few days in office, after about three months i noticed i wasn't getting any reports. and so -- i take that back. i got the crime statistics, and i got the rainfall level. now, i had run a law firm before i came to the city, and i thought, well, you know, don't you -- shouldn't i get some reports? after three months, don't you get reports? this they say, no, you don't really get any reports. so we decided to start this process of developing a report for the mayor, but what it became was a study of performance measures. and we called it t
it's a big organization. most cities, major cities have hundreds of millions of dollars, sometimes billions of dollars in budge. lots of different departments. our city has 34 departments, so you're doing everything from police and fire and parks and water and be sewer and sanitation and lots of other things. traffic and lots of other things. the, but so you have to deal with all those issues when you are running the business of the city. so how do you deal with that? my first few days in...
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chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices of the frustrated and disenfranchised whose -- [inaudible] seize the opportunity of barack obama's avenn dense into power in the united states to launch a song that went, "it is easier for a law to become president of the united states than to be president of uganda." the language of that song was played enough for even the dumbest audiences, but the lesson was not taken to heart. uganda underwent the most horrifying outbreak of urban violence bordering on the very collapse of humanity. and yet others had also warned in extend
chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices...
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there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this is something jim talked about every issue becomes left and right and predictable we are less likely to hover locations where our enemies become friends. there's a saying that they are enemies, we marry them and nothing of those sort of crosscutting relationships are the essential to keep those societies together and now, you know, they've got match.com, one of the things the match people on mr. politics and there's few locations in d.c. where enemies are friends and the sites get mixed up. >> it's a tolerance issue i think the competit
there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this...
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that is why they were big supporters of divorce, and they looked upon marriage as a very confining role in life. gloria steinem said that when a woman gets married she becomes a semi non-person. dann said the life of a wife and mother was living in a comfortable concentration camp. that was their attitude. the social degradation of women was a major goal on the feminist movement, and it wasn't using the argument that it takes two incomes to support the family. that wasn't why they wanted to get her home. not for the economic reasons, but for social and cultural reasons because they tried to tell women that you were just a parasite, your life is not accomplishing anything. the only way to have fulfillment is to be independent of men and have your own career. the pulitzer prize finalist will speak about native american history, the continued struggles of native tribes and the consequences of misusing resources and the environment. she is the author of more than a dozen books and collections of poetry including the woman who watches over the world, dwellings, and team spirit. >> linda hoga
that is why they were big supporters of divorce, and they looked upon marriage as a very confining role in life. gloria steinem said that when a woman gets married she becomes a semi non-person. dann said the life of a wife and mother was living in a comfortable concentration camp. that was their attitude. the social degradation of women was a major goal on the feminist movement, and it wasn't using the argument that it takes two incomes to support the family. that wasn't why they wanted to get...
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no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11? how was it, but i heard the stories about people trying to get from this area across the bridges. some people trying to get to the plane and it's taking them eight or ten hours. he didn't have to be september 11th. dirty bomb, some guy that has just given away too long and takes out a substation. happens to be just the right substation. a blackout in of three your four. it was a squirrel or something that took it out. all it has to be. everybody thinks about that, fema which owns no planes, trains or automobi
no big deal. folks in florida, folks in new orleans, folks in biloxi, the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long now your ready? qaeda one you all to become sick and think about it all the time, but my challenge to you is this. think about the risk wherever you live, or every worker and how prepared you are to deal with that risk? i know in washington the first spot is the biggest risk is a terrorist incident. how many of you were here on september 11?...
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because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money. these are the people they talk to, they listen to. it's almost an and ecological problem as much as one of laws and legal decisions. so it's really, the key take away here is for anything to change for there to be a constitutional amendment, any laws passed or even a cultural shift that will cause of candidates to be less able to take money. there has to be a shift in outlook sentiment. you have to be -- you can't stop it all. it has to be kind of shameful. if an umpire left a baseball game and then there was a story the next day saying that they had taken money from one side, from one set of playe
because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money....
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coming up today on the big picture. question is that so much pride on approach that you go over and there's the taliban bad guys the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a flutter of questions to.
coming up today on the big picture. question is that so much pride on approach that you go over and there's the taliban bad guys the color of terrorism as norway comes to terms with its most horrific attack on its soil since the second world war a flutter of questions to.
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big thing like this it was that. they had to do this not malice and never would have the warrant for the grade was based entirely on a tip from this quote reliable police informant. who are very very very very. quiet. but this interview does a rebel even that race the story because it became very valuable in the pursuit of this play you still spent nine and a half years in prison three on death row before he won his appeal and eventually his freedom when his mother came to me or he happens to be the same age as i once who did. and i couldn't help but think you know that could be mushroom there for defending corey evans was fired as prince's public defender. today corey is among friends and family who are. nimble spouse amanda and i think they hear they had against them because this is nature he's been my day receives the smallest. he was always smile. and open to you he came home steals man. just so you know. still haven't says it isn't safe for corey and jefferson davis county court is always going to be to gather p
big thing like this it was that. they had to do this not malice and never would have the warrant for the grade was based entirely on a tip from this quote reliable police informant. who are very very very very. quiet. but this interview does a rebel even that race the story because it became very valuable in the pursuit of this play you still spent nine and a half years in prison three on death row before he won his appeal and eventually his freedom when his mother came to me or he happens to...
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>> on that day, everybody i think throughout life watching a big pile of dog crap, right. you walk back in wash your shoes off. that's not what i do. i buy a new pair of shoes. >> do you feel bad that maybe you manipulated some emotions that day? >> my attorney said it best. he put out a press release and told it like it was. i had to take the guilty plea to prevent my family from being parted. they were going to deport my wife and take my kids away and i would be in jail. >> did you go to jail? >> no, you mean yale. >> very good. >> his wife pled guilty to a felony charge of attempt to influence a public service. he was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation. he spent thirty days behind bars and the other 60 days in a work release program. his wife pled guilty to false reporting a misdemeanor. she was sentenced to four years probation and 20 days in jail. >> how are your kids? >> my kids are great. >> he moved to florida working in construct and other entrepreneurial start-ups. >> what happened to your back scratching thing? >>> that is a bear scratch. >> w
>> on that day, everybody i think throughout life watching a big pile of dog crap, right. you walk back in wash your shoes off. that's not what i do. i buy a new pair of shoes. >> do you feel bad that maybe you manipulated some emotions that day? >> my attorney said it best. he put out a press release and told it like it was. i had to take the guilty plea to prevent my family from being parted. they were going to deport my wife and take my kids away and i would be in jail....
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that's not to say that we don't cover a big portion of it right now. of the 1,000 new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority of them are going into arizona. but it's also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships with mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners with them operating in mexico and us over on the u.s. side. over 60 of the states' law enforcement agencies are our partners with us in actt, which is an operation that incorporates other law enforcement agencies to ensure we bring the greatest density of enforcement coverage in arizona. the national guard -- right now we have 363 national guard troops on the ground. we have more sensors coming, so it's a constant buildup of what we are doing in arizona. as i said earlier, when we bring arizona under control, not if, we will do so as quickly as we can. now, something that i think is critical here is the following. this year, because of the drop in activity levels that we have seen, we figure th
that's not to say that we don't cover a big portion of it right now. of the 1,000 new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority of them are going into arizona. but it's also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships with mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners with them operating in mexico and us over on the u.s. side. over 60 of the states' law enforcement agencies are our partners with us...
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those are the big ones. that was the sum and stance of s the sum and stains of what they came up for. what are entitlement programs? things that we're entitled to by virginia tie of our age, if we are 65 years of age, we paid into social security, medicare, we may be eligible -- will be eligible in all likelihood for medicare f we're disabled, totally disabled to work, we'll be eligible for medicare, even before age 65. if we paid into social security for a number of years, we'll be eligible foyer early retirement for sact age 62. we can take it at 67 for full retirement benefits, which i think are roughly about $2,000 per month max, something like that. but anyway, those are some things -- medicare, medicaid, social security are entitlement programs. they said they should all be on the table. they did not propose using social security to balance the budget but what they did say is say we've got a long-term problem in social security with the imbalance between now the amount of money that is coming into soci
those are the big ones. that was the sum and stance of s the sum and stains of what they came up for. what are entitlement programs? things that we're entitled to by virginia tie of our age, if we are 65 years of age, we paid into social security, medicare, we may be eligible -- will be eligible in all likelihood for medicare f we're disabled, totally disabled to work, we'll be eligible for medicare, even before age 65. if we paid into social security for a number of years, we'll be eligible...
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so he sees this data on the internet, i've got moon rocks for sale, and he's a big believer in right and wrong so he immediately called the fbi, he mailed the fbi in tampa and it became a big testing operation and thad roberts was taken down -- i always give it away but you know he got arrested. [laughter] >> you obviously have come off of the enormous success with not only the book but the fact they've converted to movies which helps in terms of that notoriety. >> d.c. the titles and it's really annoying. sex on the moon is one they have to. >> they are locked in on that one. >> certainly you would say that you are working on this at the time that the social network was being filmed so there was some kind of overlap but at that point i always thought that in the way that actors and actresses are as good as the rules the choose, writers are only as good as the stories they pick. so what was it you just explained notwithstanding of all the stories you could have told what is it that attracted you to this particular? >> for me the stories come to me. i don't look for them anymore ever
so he sees this data on the internet, i've got moon rocks for sale, and he's a big believer in right and wrong so he immediately called the fbi, he mailed the fbi in tampa and it became a big testing operation and thad roberts was taken down -- i always give it away but you know he got arrested. [laughter] >> you obviously have come off of the enormous success with not only the book but the fact they've converted to movies which helps in terms of that notoriety. >> d.c. the titles...
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>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that commits a crime now fits any of the e-mails. but, you know, i need that sort of young kid, really smart, who's not a bad person who's kind of in the gray area between right and wrong. this is the first heist that i've written. this is the first person that committed a crime. and then, you know, there has to be the elements, the betrayal and sex and all of those kind of things that janet doesn't like. then there has to be, you know, some level of fun for me. so it has to be in a place where i want to go. because you have to spend six months to a year doing it. for me, g
>> listen, i'm a big fan. i watch game of thrones. i love he's awesome. >> speaking of projects, you had said you don't have -- you don't have your next one lined up right now. obviously, you are going to enjoy this. and continue with the media push. how will you begin to decide. what will you be look for the for the next project? >> you know, i look through all of these ideas and they come in. 99% of them are really bad. you know, it's like every, you know, person that...
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trouble also casts a big set up was particularly daunting. but extraordinarily rewarding. there are certain voices that one hears when one writes. anthony lukas was one. i'm very humbled to receive this award. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> next finalist his paul greenberg. the future of the last while food. ♪ has written everything but the ticket from the outer banks to japan to norway in pursuit of the good fish, self sustaining, plentiful, tasty comanche. taught was such a fish and to commercial fishing lives like a contender for a while. tuna, the fourth fish will never be any of those things except for tasty. the number one example of what not seek. his case for environmental response will fishing industry and 39 for all is both highly readable and very important. come on up. [applause] [applause] >> i'll say a word to. i am really glad to see fish recognized in the general scheme of things. often their under water, and is really no coincidence that there are not recognized. but you know, there are many fish in the sea. can't talk
trouble also casts a big set up was particularly daunting. but extraordinarily rewarding. there are certain voices that one hears when one writes. anthony lukas was one. i'm very humbled to receive this award. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> next finalist his paul greenberg. the future of the last while food. ♪ has written everything but the ticket from the outer banks to japan to norway in pursuit of the good fish, self sustaining, plentiful, tasty comanche. taught was such a fish...
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no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the biggest risk is terrorists. how many were here on 9/11? i wasn't. i heard the stories from people trying to get from their area just to get across the bridges. trying to get to mcclane. you didn't have to be at 9/11. it could have been a dirty bomb, some guy at 495 that has driven too long and taking out a substation. and the black out in '03 or '04 where it was a squirrel that took it out. all it has to be. everything thinks that, though fema, which owns no planes, trains, or automobiles, that the dhs will be there in a new york minute. there are 300 plus million p
no big deal. ask the folks in florida, ask the folks in new orleans. ask the folks in gulfport, biloxi, people in california where the fires completely wiped out their homes. ask the people at ground zero. how long are you ready? i don't want y'all to become sicko like me and think about it all the time. my challenge to is this: think about the risk wherever you live and work. how prepared are you to deal with that risk? it doesn't have to be -- i know in washington the first thought is the...
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he was a big star. he became the social leader of all the co-ops at the entrance and then he fell in love with a young intern, and we've all done something stupid out of love. what he did was he stole a 600-pound safe full of moon rocks from his professor's office, and as i said, spread them on the bed, had sex with his girlfriend and then try to sell them over the internet to a belgian gem dealer. >> his name was? >> axel. you couldn't have invented this guy. [laughter] this guy has never been out of antwerp is like. he collects rocks and treats them every monday night in issued center where all the guys in antwerp trade rocks. his hobby is popinjay which i had never heard of which is a sport where there's a wooden bird on a 100-foot pole and all these men stand around and shoot crossbows. this is a real sport. use this guy and he seized his hat on the internet, i've got moon rocks for sale, and he is this big believer in right and wrong sweetie immediately called the fbi. e-mail the fbi in tab and he
he was a big star. he became the social leader of all the co-ops at the entrance and then he fell in love with a young intern, and we've all done something stupid out of love. what he did was he stole a 600-pound safe full of moon rocks from his professor's office, and as i said, spread them on the bed, had sex with his girlfriend and then try to sell them over the internet to a belgian gem dealer. >> his name was? >> axel. you couldn't have invented this guy. [laughter] this guy...
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there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to really push you hard to offer your opinion on the issues that matter to you so, you know, just try to give us a little help. republicans want to take us backwards on the other hand. they think cutting taxes and deregulating everything solves all of our problems. it doesn't matter what the issue is, their solution is cut taxes and deregulate. now, that might make for a good sound bite but it's not good for real people. so we're going to hold them accountable with their wrong-headed ideas. we're going to hold them accountable from today until election day. we're going to reelec
there are big issues facing our country right now. i don't have to tell you. we need long-term solutions for our debt and our deficits. we need to invest in education and infrastructure and we need to get our country on track with sustainable energy solutions. just to name is few. we've got a lot of work to do and i know all of you have good ideas. democrats are the party of big ideas and new technology and we want your input. please feel free to give it to us. i know i'm going to have to...
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it could be a big thing. >> okay. my time has expired. >> thank the gentleman, and now the chairman of the full committee, mr. bachus, is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman. and the general from north carolina is right i think to be concerned about the default. i think he would also be prudent to worry about unsustainable spending, which is although a default may be a more immediate problem, the overwhelming problem is structural long-term changes. and both of us ought to be addressed. and until both of them are, there won't be a lasting solution. i've listened to your testimony and i've acknowledged that 939a is giving you some problem, particularly the bank regulators, occ and federal reserve. you cannot mood a very quick implementing it. if you read it, it asks you to replace the reliance on credit rating agency as the sole basis with alternatives systems of credit worthiness, which could include credit rating. it could include credit rating. but it would be an alternative which would suggest othe
it could be a big thing. >> okay. my time has expired. >> thank the gentleman, and now the chairman of the full committee, mr. bachus, is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman. and the general from north carolina is right i think to be concerned about the default. i think he would also be prudent to worry about unsustainable spending, which is although a default may be a more immediate problem, the overwhelming problem is structural long-term changes. and both...
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of course they'd be in big trouble. and the senate is not in trouble but the country is in trouble because the senate is not doing its job and neither the house nor the senate did its job in the last congress for the first time ever and that's how we go into three years since we had a work document that we should have to work with. and what do we do this week? the disappointment to all three of us is we said we wanted to stay this week and deal with these issues. we started out trying to deal with the libya resolution which apparently wasn't important enough to deal with last thursday when we were going to take a week to work in our states. and then when people on the republican side said we really think we ought to be debating the reason we were supposed to stay, we still don't do that. we have this amendment -- i think it was supposed to be and is a sense of the senate that millionaires aren't paying enough taxes. now, we all understand -- we all understand the politics of that, just like we understand the politics of
of course they'd be in big trouble. and the senate is not in trouble but the country is in trouble because the senate is not doing its job and neither the house nor the senate did its job in the last congress for the first time ever and that's how we go into three years since we had a work document that we should have to work with. and what do we do this week? the disappointment to all three of us is we said we wanted to stay this week and deal with these issues. we started out trying to deal...
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but family values play a big role and relationships play a big role in what occurs, and i wonder if you could draw out the relationships that occurred -- what the family man in this story. people sometimes forget the gun fight involved three sets of brothers. and what that added to the mix. >> when you are out in the frontier, when you were prospecting, when you were trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitor. it was hard to know who you could trust, who wouldn't be trey you and for that reason family was so important. it was so critical. the earp brothers were desperately loyal to each other. insult to one was an attack from all of them. that was also true of the clantons and the mcclowerys. you trusted your family, you defended your family. sometimes you might be a little too pro and to defend them. these were the kinds of relationships that were important out there. in a place where you are struggling to create yourself. in the great words of fred bowlen, that's fine historian, the frontier of the west was a place where men coul
but family values play a big role and relationships play a big role in what occurs, and i wonder if you could draw out the relationships that occurred -- what the family man in this story. people sometimes forget the gun fight involved three sets of brothers. and what that added to the mix. >> when you are out in the frontier, when you were prospecting, when you were trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitor. it was hard to know who...